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Chiluba, Mwanawasa and Sata MISSED: ZAMBIAN PRESIDENTS PASSED AWAY, BUT LEFT MARKS IN OUR HEARTS. By walusungu silweya, Braamfontein, Johannesburg. MILLIONS of Zambian may not have had a personal encounter with these celebrated presidents but nevertheless they left a footprint in their hearts. Mitch Albom reminds us that death ends a life, not a relationship. Indeed as kwacha magazine we take a look at these people. Dr Chiluba Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba (Born: April 30, 1943, Kitwe, Zambia –Dead: June 18, 2011, LusakaZambia Our first was second republican president of Zambia since it got independence. Chiluba was personable man with oratorical gifts. He was the first democratically elected President of Zambia in 1991 after ending 27years of Kenneth Kaunda’s rule with nearly 76 percent of the votes. Indeed he was a defender of civil liberties. Chiluba was a born-again Christian and often used biblical references in his speeches. He was also a passionate advocat...

THEY SAY blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness for their is the kingdom of heaven. Today, the  macabre killing of National Institute for Public Administration (NIPA) student Ruth Mbandu sent chills in the spines of many. It was an unusual slaying of the 19-year-old that shocked many people who have been wanting to see justice served and the killers caged. Ruth then a student at renowned Zambia’s National Institute of Public Administration N.I.P.A was gruesomely murdered. The murder of Ruth shocked Zambian especially given the highly bizarre circumstances surrounding it. At the moment in my journalism career, still astonish with the death of Ruth then my neighbour at Evelyn Hone College. She was a young woman, full of zest and hopes her dreams yet to be fulfilled. Those behind her murdered get their just deserts. For your information, High Court judge Chalwe Muchenga acquitted Edward Siandima, 28, and Collins Kasiye Sooma, 20, of Ruthâ s murder ...